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3 NBA DraftKings Studs to Target on 3/7/19

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Russell Westbrook, PG, Oklahoma City Thunder

DraftKings Price: $11,100

With only two games on tonight's slate, the stud pool is rather limited. There are only two players with five-figure salaries on the board this evening. You won't hear arguments from me if you'd prefer to use Giannis Antetokounmpo, but I'll be focusing my attention on Russell Westbrook. (Our models have Giannis and Russ separated by less than one DraftKings point.)

Westbrook and his Oklahoma City Thunder teammates will be traveling to the Rose City to take on the Portland Trail Blazers in the fourth and final regular season matchup between these two this year. It's a matchup in which Russ has thrived over the years; the last time he scored fewer than 50 DraftKings points versus Portland was all the way back on December 13, 2016.

In his last 10 games against the Blazers, Westbrook has put up an average of 32.6 points, 8.1 boards, 8.9 assists, and 60.8 DraftKings points. Sure, that's not a triple-double average, but I think we can let it slide this one time, don't you?

Tonight's game is high stakes, with the winner taking over sole possession of third place in the Western Conference, so you know Russ will be bringing his best. We currently project him for 58.9 DraftKings points, highest on the slate.